On the fifth anniversary of the Tri-State Pottery Festival in 1972, an official Seal was designed by Don Schreckengost of St. Clair Avenue in East Liverpool, OH.

Mr. Schreckengost operated his own company under the name Industry, Inc., and was a design director for The Hall China Company of East Liverpool, OH.

Incorporating the three main ingredients of making pottery: fire, water, and clay, the Seal depicts the upright bottle kiln used in the early manufacture of pottery. The American Bald Eagle stands as protector over the kilns and ingredients, thus telling the story of American pottery within the circle incorporating the Pottery Festival name.

In our website banner, we have incorporated "live" elements of the original Seal developed by Mr. Schreckengost by using photos from the area.

⇒      A photo of the Ohio River as it bends past East Liverpool represents the water source for making pottery as well as the main distribution source for the original potters of the area. Most pottery was sold from flat boats traveling the river.

⇒      The hills in the banner that line the Ohio River were full of the natural clays needed for the production of some of the finest pottery in the world and produced around the East Liverpool area.

⇒      The bottle kiln in the banner is located in Wellsville, OH and sits on the site of a closed pottery.

⇒    A live fire burns inside the kiln.

⇒      An American Bald Eagle coming to roost on top of the bottle kilns depicts that the pottery is American made.